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ʿAbd al-Bāqī Ibn Qāniʿ b. Marzūq b. Wāthiq Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baghdādī (265–351/879–962) was a traditionist, evaluator of ḥadīth transmitters, and compiler of one of the earliest biographical dictionaries devoted to the Companions (ṣaḥāba) of the Prophet (al-Khaṭīb, 11:89–90; GAS ). He was a client (mawlā) of the Banū Abī l-Shawārib, a family of prominent Iraqi jurists, twenty-four of whom are said to have served as qāḍī s of varying importance between about 250/864 and 417/1026 (al-Khaṭīb, 5:
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- Publisher(s):Brill
- Language:eng
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